Wellsville Tractor Pull Draws Crowd and Winners
About 400 people attended the Wellsville Raritan Club tractor pull at the Old Saddle Club grounds. The event paid 900 in prizes over three and a half hours with 45 tractors competing. Winners included Steven Lyle and Bill Kyle for garden tractors, Bill Murr in hot rod, Gary Capesius in 5 001 to 7 000 lb, Kenneth Store in 0 to 4 500 lb, Lawrence Crawford in 4 501 to 5 500 lb, Tim Bailey in 5 501 to 7 000 lb, Lester Beebe in 7 001 to 9 000 lb, Karl Eisele in 12 001 to 15 000 lb, plus several firsts in various weight classes and two entries for 5 501 to 7 000 lb. No entries were recorded in class V 9 001 to 12 000 lb.
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Wellsville
Old Saddle Club
Wellsville Raritan Club
Steven Lyle
Baldwin
Bill Kyle
Lyle
Kyle
Bill Murr
McLouth
Karl Eisele
Ottawa
Mike Nickles
Oskaloosa
Larry Folks
Plant Fescue And Bluegrass In September
Kansas State University Extension urges homeowners to plant Kentucky 31 fescue and bluegrass in early September for best cool season lawn results. Preplant chores include soil testing seed and fertilizer supplies, topsoil needs, grading and drainage.
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Kentucky
Kansas
Larry Leuthold
Kansas State University
Ammonia fertilizer boosts wheat yields in Kansas study
Kansas State University agronomy professor Dr. Larry Murphy reports preplant ammonia and liquid ammonium polyphosphate tillage combinations raise wheat yields and lower per acre costs versus conventional surface application. Phillips Petroleum assisted research showing potential for 2 to 3 dollar savings per acre and improved farm income.
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Manhattan
Larry Murphy
Kansas State University
Kansas
Murphy
Dr. Murphy
KSA
Sorghum Desiccation On Tour Field Day In Ottawa August 31
East Central Kansas Experimental Station holds field day Friday August 31 at 1 30 p m with tours by hayracks and trucks and talks by K State experts Cecil Nichols Richard Vanderlip Larry Murphy Oliver Russ and Ted Walters. Topics include soybean varieties nitrogen studies grain sorghum desiccation insecticide herbicide interaction and grain sorghum performance tests. Refreshments will follow.
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Joanistas
Kansas
Cecil Nichols
Kansas State University
Richard Vanderlip
K-State
Larry Murphy
Oliver Russ
K State
Ted Walters
Nichols
Williams
Edwin Horstick
Murphy
Horstick
Vanderlip
Russ
Manhattan
Walters
Ayrshires Complete Test Shows Strong Dairy Records
The National Ayrshire Breeders Association announced Esteford Farm Esteford Ayrshires owned by Donald and Esther Alford completed 23rd year of Dairy Herd Improvement tests. The 32 lactations averaged 12,925 pounds of milk and 520 pounds of butterfat with 4.1 percent. Esteford Bingo Rosetta led in milk with 16,530 pounds in 305 days and also led in butterfat with 606 pounds.
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National
Ayrshire Breeders’ Association
Brandon
Ayrshire
Donald
Esther Alford
Esteford Farm
Lawrence
Esteford
Esteford Bingo Rosetta Was the Highest Milk Producing Ayrshire
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Susie Abbott
Debbie Chambers
Terri Milliken
Becky Wagner
Franklin County
Rosemary Schamle
Theresa Schamle
Linda Peckham
Martha Peine
Wellsville Tractor Pull
Jim McDaniels
David Orwick
Phillips
Charles Marr
Marr
Earl Farmer
Kansas City
West 8Th Street
Standard
Lyndon
Ernest Calkins
Wayne Wischropp
Micky Johnson
Roy Rickart
Pete Terres
Robert Bozworth
Bill Ransom
Williamsburg
Ransom Farm
Ron Bitts
Melvern
Dale Reichard
Alan Duffle
Jeff
Ted
Gene
Pam van Horn
Chris
Dan Rockers
Berea
Jeff Woods
Clover Leaf
Tim Gerdes
Shaff
Topeka
Hutchinson
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ayrshires
Donald J. Wilson
Alta Vista
Council Grove
Curtiss Shed
O.H.1
Curtiss
Jerry L. Wilson
D.h.1.a
Los
DeLaval
WCAC
Liberty
Donald J. Bowman
Mgr
Hamilton
Missouri
Kidder, Mo
Don Bowman
Bill Bredemeier
Eca
Kan
Suffrokn Glass Co
Willow Lane
Scotty Graham
Auds
Printy and Son
Jean Printy
Safemark
Fed
Scott's Service
Newland’s Garage
Wellsville, Kansas
Farm Bureau
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